We’ve been writing a lot about Google’s new music subscription service this week, because of course we would. Google is a force to be reckoned with — and now, that force is reckoning with the likes of Spotify, Rdio, and Rhapsody in a bid for your $10 per month, in return for unlimited access to…
Pitchfork started as site called Turntable when founder Ryan Schreiber was barely out of high school. Now it’s a Spotify app, a “TV” channel, and many other things. We asked Pitchfork vice president of video programming RJ Bentler about the evolution of Pitchfork TV and had a pretty interesting conversation by phone about how video on the internet still…
Tubalr is simple. It slaps a nice front-end on top of the YouTube API that lets you enter any artist name and click one of two buttons, like so: The result: hassle-free artist radio that starts up quickly, and has the added bonus of showing videos. Tubalr plays music videos from YouTube, programming the channels using…
You know how, for the past decade, you’ve been able to track everything you’ve played on your iPod, iTunes, Winamp, Windows Media Player, Spotify, and more — and have all of that stuff create a Last.fm profile, which is useful for all kinds of reasons? No? Well then, do you use Facebook? It’s basically doing…
Designers everywhere tweeted praise for Bat For Lashes’ Pitchfork ”cover story” last week, raving about its elegant style. How impressive could a text interview really be? Well, if you haven’t checked out the site yet, take a look. It’s design and photography at its best. Pitchfork spokeswoman Jada Williams told Evolver.fm that this interview is part…
NPR has a well-deserved reputation for airing thoughtful programming and the occasional quirky personality, but it’s also the place where a wide array of albums can be heard first, on the First Listen section of its NPR Music website. This helpful resource for music fans has premiered everything from The Fall’s latest release to Grizzly…
Way back in August 2008, when apps were still in their infancy, Tapulous Tap Tap Revenge – a rhythm game that many likened to “Guitar Hero for the iPhone” – ruled the school. Over 1.2 million iPhone users installed it in the first month it was available, back when that was still a ridiculously big number. (Remember, the iOS…
Rumors burn like wildfire, traversing the planet in seconds, often becoming facts in the process. Some people level the blame for this at technology, blogs and electronic-based media. In truth, mainstream outlets are just as guilty as the blogs, and sometimes more effective. On Monday, Drowned in Sound founder Sean Adams (read our two-part interview)…
Everybody’s wondering what Spotify pays artists, but we already know the figures, based in part on a leaked report: Spotify pays out somewhere between .6 and .9 of a cent every time a song is played. Whether that money actually makes it through middlemen to artists is as tricky a question as it has ever been,…
At its San Francisco headquarters, Rdio recently held its first-ever hack day — a marathon event where coders build stuff that works, fast. Most hack days, including the one our editor just attended in Sydney, are open to the public and consist of programming wizards getting together over a 24-hour period and building a slew…
This is the second part of an interview with the legendary Sean Adams, founder of the Drowned In Sound music reviews site. “I spend about 60 hours a week ploughing through music, to try to prevent those who don’t have as much time from wasting it listening it to things which aren’t as good as…
MP3 bloggers were the revolutionaries of music criticism, taking on established outlets like Rolling Stone and Spin by being faster, cooler, and more musical — in that they could embed what they were talking about. Readers could hear it for themselves as they read the blog, rather than looking for it on Napster or waiting…
AUSTIN, TEXAS — As the Music leg of SXSW approaches, we chatted with the nationally-syndicated American Public Media’s Marketplace about how artists are grappling with apps, and the revolutionary nature of music apps vs. previous forms of physical playback devices. You can tune in here: (photo courtesy of flickr/H. Michael Karshis)
When Spotify announced that Spotify users had listened to over 1,500 years of music within the past three months, the company jokingly expressed envy about one of those apps: SpotON Radio, which lets you listen to artist-based radio stations on your iPhone, if you subscribe to Spotify Premium (a prerequisite for playing any Spotify music…
The following interview with Spotify CEO Daniel Ek originally appeared on GRAMMY.com. Ek will give the keynote address at the GRAMMY Foundation’s Entertainment Law Initiative Luncheon & Scholarship Presentation on Feb. 10 in Beverly Hills, Calif. For more information on the GRAMMY Foundation, visit www.grammyfoundation.org. The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards airs live on Sunday, Feb….
